San Giovanni dei Fiorentini

San Giovanni dei Fiorentini is a church in Rome dedicated to John the Baptist, the protector of Florence, built in 1508.

History
Once completed, San Giovanni became the national church of Florence in Rome. Pope Leo X initiated an architectural competition in 1508 for a new church to be built in place of the old Saint Pantaleo. The winning architect went by the name of Sansovino but there were complications and construction slowly ground to a halt. Many different people tried to finish the church over two centuries, and it was finally completed in 1734.